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All the ideas for 'The Bhagavad Gita', 'Animal Rights talk' and 'Notebooks'

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28 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
7990 Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)]
1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
8093 Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier [Joubert]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
8095 We must think with our entire body and soul [Joubert]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
8107 The love of certainty holds us back in metaphysics [Joubert]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason
7989 Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
8099 The truths of reason instruct, but they do not illuminate [Joubert]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth
8098 Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has [Joubert]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
7996 I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism
8101 To know is to see inside oneself [Joubert]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness
7995 In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 2. Imagination
8094 The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye [Joubert]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought
8103 A thought is as real as a cannon ball [Joubert]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts
8100 Where does the bird's idea of a nest come from? [Joubert]
20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory
7999 All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
7991 Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure
8096 He gives his body up to pleasure, but not his soul [Joubert]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
8104 What will you think of pleasures when you no longer enjoy them? [Joubert]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
8097 Virtue is hard if we are scorned; we need support [Joubert]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
5064 Rights are moral significance, or liberty, or right not to be restrained, or entitlement [Mawson]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars
7988 There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education
8106 In raising a child we must think of his old age [Joubert]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
7992 The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 1. God
7994 Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good
8105 We can't exactly conceive virtue without the idea of God [Joubert]
29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 3. Hinduism
7993 Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity
8102 We cannot speak against Christianity without anger, or speak for it without love [Joubert]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
7997 Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / e. Hell
7998 The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)]